You will do what I want when I tell you to, damn it.

[Celestial Fireflies]

So, what kind of sim player are you? Do you just let things run on their own with a few minor interjections to keep them on the right track, or do you constantly breathe down your sim's neck to do whatever you demand of them?

Personally, I control every detail if I don't catch myself. I have been known to keep a sim's queue filled up the entire day, making sure they lived life to perfection. When I had a new family, I decided to let them do their own thing and see if any quirks emerge. As time went on, I became more controlling, but now my sims have an interesting situation and I am unsure of how to proceed.

My young adult sim, while in college, used her telescope in the day to cram in some logic points. Well, I didn't know that using it during the day actually makes your sim use it to spy on neighbors, and being the only family in the neighborhood, her dad would regularly come over and shove her. By the time I figured this out, she had a negative relationship with him (even when she wasn't furious), and I can't let them alone unless I don't mind her shoving him.

As you can see, this makes for one nasty cycle. She shoves/pokes him, he gets furious with her, he shoves/pokes back, she gets furious with him. My choice here is to either force them to make nice and make up, or let them be and eventually move the father out of the house (I really don't want to have sims fighting all the time).  

[Banana-nana]

I'm sure there is a hack for that somewhere so that sims won't spy on the neighbors. xd

I actually enjoy a little of both. I used to be really controlling, but now I like to take story suggestions from my sims.

Some sims I've just let do what they want and only nudge them. A few I've let do what they want with no direction.  

[mistress_hydro]

i make the sims do all they things they need to do to fill their motives and earn skills to help with their jobs.  

[Anavis]

I am an utter control freak about my sims; every detail of their lives from when they can poop to who does the dishes is catered out under my supervision. sweatdrop  

[Magic Moppy 14]

I must admit I very rarely let Sims do whatever they please, but I do go about telling them what to do slowly and therefore don't set up huge ques of actions.

I tend to flick through larger families checking on what everyone is doing, so they are not setting the stove on fire or some such. You see occasionally they'll get away from me before I come back around to them and they'll be doing something I don't really want them to, like spying on the neighbours.


In the case of furious families my personal preference would be to allow the father and daughter to avoid each other as much as possible for a few Sim days and then when they have calmed down let them slowly make up back to a positive relationship. I would resume telling them what to do rather than just let them go as I would find this better than moving the father out and splitting up the family. Imagine they have had a heated argument over something (probably not spying with the telescope presumably) and realistically this would not lead to a seperation.


Good luck and Happy Simming  

[bighairy dog]

I'm very controlling of my sims when somthing needs to get done otherwise I let them do what they want. Sometimes I'll walk out of the room for a moment with my sims on and when i come back half the family will be dead and the other half will be in complete chaos. Maybe i shouldnt let my sims alone that much. sweatdrop  

[RebelGh0stZer0]

i would but if i leave them alone for even 5 seconds the entire household will be in chaos sweatdrop .  

[Bara no Uta]

It depends on the situation. Most of the time if I leave them alone they end up like starving to death or something and at least one sim hating each other. Sometimes I make them do what I want just because it's more interesting.  

[Enbarou]

I barely control my Sims, if it's about gettin' friends or love each other, 'cause they are doin' that theirselve~ xD
It's too funny, it's like you are only spyin' on them... XD~~~  

[the_monster_for_you]

i control mine to a sick extent, mine are always busy, i create dramas and stituations then test different ways of how to proceed with it.

i am an evil dictator mwahaha